The demands were led by National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO) chief Martha Burk.
Abrams is producing with Bryan Burk through Bad Robot Productions, along with Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci.
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But Burk, the co-founder of the Center for Advancement of Public Policy, also admitted feeling personally vindicated.
Carver and Maryann Burk had separated, and he was living, happy and sober, with the poet Tess Gallagher.
The grandparents worked with their financial planner, Burk Rosenthal, to structure the loan.
Many women who had a rooting interest in the fight, albeit not on the frontlines like Burk, cheered Monday's announcement.
The choice of Rice and Moore will ensure that women admitted to Augusta will be equals to their male counterparts, Burk said.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Martha Burk.
In 2006, Burk was among a group of Exxon shareholders who accused the company of violating its discrimination policies by supporting the golf tournament.
"They have chosen two groundbreaking women, two very prominent women, who are clearly equal in stature to the other members who are, of course, all male, " Burk said.
"It wasn't a lack of worthy women" that prevented women from being part of the club, said Gloria Feldt, an activist and author who calls herself a friend of Burk's.
Activists over the last decade "facilitated a couple of sex discrimination suits against corporations whose CEOs are (Augusta National) members, " Burk said, but she did not name any corporations or individuals.
"Of course everyone is entitled to a peer group that they enjoy, " Burk, who is also the author of "Your Voice, Your Vote: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Power, Politics, and the Change We Need, " said.
CNN: Augusta National a powerful holdout among men-only clubs
"If this was the first black male CEO of IBM, and he was not allowed to join, IBM would not even be considering remaining a sponsor or having any other executives in the club, " said Burk, who made Augusta's policy a national issue in 2003.
CNN: Augusta National a powerful holdout among men-only clubs
Most of the private mahogany-paneled city clubs of New York and Washington, opened membership to women after being sued, said Martha Burk, former chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations A few men-only social clubs remain, such as New York's Racquet and Tennis Club, where a manager told CNN "we don't respond to any questions" before hanging up.
CNN: Augusta National a powerful holdout among men-only clubs
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